United Torah Judaism refused to participate in Monday's Knesset plenum votes, leading to an early end of the session, according to the party and parliamentary reports. The boycott extends the coalition standoff over stalled legislation.
The Knesset plenum ended its session early Monday afternoon after United Torah Judaism (UTJ) lawmakers refused to participate in scheduled votes, as reported by the party and parliamentary sources. The move follows UTJ's earlier announcement that it would boycott votes unless the coalition advances agreed-upon legislation, including daycare funding for yeshiva students and the Basic Law: Torah Study — bills that have been stalled for weeks.
As The Zioneer reported at 16:27 Monday, UTJ informed the coalition it would skip today's votes. The shutdown extends a coalition crisis that first surfaced on June 10, when UTJ chairman MK Moshe Gafni confronted Likud officials over delaying the daycare vote. Shas joined the boycott on that day, though today only UTJ is named as abstaining.
The boycott leaves the coalition without its Haredi partners' votes on even routine legislation, effectively paralyzing the plenum. It remains unclear when the coalition will bring the blocked bills to a vote or whether further compromise talks are underway.
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